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Jurisdiction – China
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Clifford Chance | China Mobile’s subscription of an 18 percent equity stake in True Corporation Public Company | 28.57 billion Baht ($880 million) | China Mobile Ltd | Beijing team: Terence Foo (Partner)
Julie Zhu (Senior associate)
Zhonghua Shi (Associate)
Bangkok team: Andrew Matthews (Partner)
Angela Nobthai (Counsel)
Natchapon Padungkittimal (Senior associate)
Praopetch Srijayanta, Panuwat Chaistaporn (Associates) |
Commerce & Finance Law Offices | Shui On Development (Holding)’s Regulation S offer of 9.625 percent high-yield notes due 2019 | $550 million | Joint lead managers |
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Haiwen & Partners | Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Regulation S offering of 1.75 percent and 4.375 percent senior floating-rate notes due 2017 and 2024 | $1 billion | China Petrochemical Corp |
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Han Kun Law Offices | Baidu’s issue of aggregate principal amount of 2.75 percent notes due 2019 | $1 billion | Baidu Inc |
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Jin Mao PRC Lawyers | Shui On Development (Holding)’s Regulation S offer of 9.625 percent high-yield notes due 2019 | $550 million | Shui On Development (Holding) Ltd |
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Kirkland & Ellis | Trina Solar’s concurrent Rule 144/Regulation S offering of convertible senior notes due 2019, and follow-on offering of American depositary shares | $150 million (Notes offer)
$96.8 million (ADS offer) |
| David Zhang, Benjamin Su (Partners) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Alibaba Group’s acquisition of 100 percent equity interest in UCWeb | Undisclosed | UCWeb Inc | Julie Gao, Daniel Dusek, Will Cai (Partners) |
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Jurisdiction – Hong Kong
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Appleby (Bermuda counsel) | Global Sources’ cash tender offer to purchase up to 5 million issued common shares | $50 million | Global Sources Ltd | Li-Lee Tan (Counsel)
Vincent Chan (Associate) |
Conyers Dill & Pearman (BVI counsel) | Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Regulation S offering of 1.75 percent and 4.375 percent senior floating-rate notes due 2017 and 2024 | $1 billion | China Petrochemical Corp |
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Cordells | Purchase and build-out of the East Tower, One Bay East, Hoi Bun Road, Kowloon East, Hong Kong | HK$5.425 billion ($700 million) | Citibank | Hilary Cordell, Helen Worth (Partners)
Samson Man (Registered foreign lawyer)
Jenny Lee (Consultant)
Alice Yau (Associate) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Baidu’s issue of aggregate principal amount of 2.75 percent notes due 2019 | $1 billion | Joint bookrunners and lead managers: 1.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 2.J.P. Morgan Securities | James Lin, John Paton (Partners)
Tae-Hun Kim (Registered foreign lawyer)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Shui On Development (Holding)’s Regulation S offer of 9.625 percent high-yield notes due 2019
| $550 million | Joint lead managers: 1.BNP Paribas (Hong Kong branch) 2.Deutsche Bank AG (Singapore branch) 3.JP Morgan Securities plc 4.Standard Chartered Bank | William Barron (Partner)
Gerhard Radtke (Counsel-registered foreign lawyer)
Tae-Hun Kim (Registered foreign lawyer)
Alon Gurfinkel (Counsel) |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Regulation S offering of 1.75 percent and 4.375 percent senior floating-rate notes due 2017 and 2024 | $1 billion | Initial purchasers: 1.Citigroup Global Markets Inc 2.Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. 3.BOCI Asia Ltd 4.DBS Bank Ltd 5.Standard Chartered Bank | Eugene Gregor (Partner)
Bate Yu, Ran Li, Hua Zhao (Associates)
Jesse Gillespie (Registered foreign lawyer)
Alon Gurfinkel, Jeanine McGuinness (Counsel) |
Herbert Smith Freehills | China Merchants Bank’s establishment of its MTN programme and first drawdown | $5 billion (MTN programme)
$500 million (First draw-down) | China Merchants Bank Co Ltd (Hong Kong branch) | Kevin Roy (Partner)
Wang Zhong (Counsel)
Isaac Chen (Associate) |
King & Wood Mallesons | Maikun Investment’s issue of 4.5 percent guaranteed notes due 2017 |
CNY1.5 billion ($240 million)
| Joint lead managers: 1.DBS Bank Ltd 2.UBS AG (Hong Kong branch) 3.CLSA Ltd 4.Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Singapore branch) |
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Kirkland & Ellis | Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment’s acquisition of Montage Technology Group | $693 million | Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co Ltd | David Zhang, Stephanie Tang (Partners) |
Li & Partners | Baidu’s issue of aggregate principal amount of 2.75 percent notes due 2019 | $1 billion | Baidu Inc |
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Linklaters | Sinotrans Sailing’s issue of 4.5 percent bonds due 2017 | CNY1 billion ($160 million) | Joint lead managers: 1.ABCI Capital Ltd 2.Bank of China Ltd 3.Morgan Stanley & Co International plc 4.HSBC Ltd |
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Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands, BVI counsel) | Baidu’s issue of aggregate principal amount of 2.75 percent notes due 2019 | $1 billion | Baidu Inc | Greg Knowles (Partner)
Matt Roberts, Derrick Kan (Associates) |
Maples and Calder (BVI counsel) | Maikun Investment’s issue of 4.5 percent guaranteed notes due 2017 | CNY1.5 billion ($240 million) | Maikun Investment Co Ltd | Jenny Nip (Partner)
Karen Zhang (Associate) |
Maples and Calder (BVI counsel) | Sinotrans Sailing’s issue of 4.5 percent bonds due 2017 | CNY1 billion ($160 million) | Sinotrans Sailing Ltd | Jenny Nip (Partner)
Karen Zhang (Associate) |
O’Melveny & Myers | Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment’s acquisition of Montage Technology Group | $693 million | Montage Technology Group Ltd |
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Paul Hastings | Fosun International ’s rights issue | $631 million | UBS | Raymond Li, Sammy Li (Partners)
Eric Chow, Winfield Lau (Associates) |
Paul Hastings | Haitong International Securities Group’s rights issue | $340 million | UBS | Raymond Li, Sammy Li (Partners)
Bonnie Yung (Of counsel)
Catherine Chu (Associate) |
Reed Smith Richards Butler | Sinotrans Sailing’s issue of 4.5 percent bonds due 2017 | CNY1 billion ($160 million) | Sinotrans Sailing Ltd |
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Sidley Austin | Dorel Industries’s acquisition of Lerado Group’s juvenile business | HK$930 million ($120 million) | Lerado Group | Constance Choy (Partner)
Christopher Cheng (Counsel) |
Simmons & Simmons | Maikun Investment’s issue of 4.5 percent guaranteed notes due 2017 | CNY1.5 billion ($240 million) | Maikun Investment Co Ltd |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Baidu’s issue of aggregate principal amount of 2.75 percent notes due 2019 | $1 billion | Baidu Inc | Julie Gao, Jonathan Stone, Michael Beinus (Partners)
Shu Du, James McCurley, William Zhu, Brett Willis (Associates) |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Sinopec Group Overseas Development’s Regulation S offering of 1.75 percent and 4.375 percent senior floating-rate notes due 2017 and 2024 | $1 billion | China Petrochemical Corp |
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Slaughter and May | Secondary placing and sale of shares in Lijun International Pharmaceutical (Holding) Co Ltd | HK$2.12 billion ($272 million) | Placing agent: A major international investment bank | Benita Yu, John Moore (Partners)
William Ho, Norman Ho (Associates) |
Walkers (Cayman Islands counsel) | Shui On Development (Holding)’s Regulation S offer of 9.625 percent high-yield notes due 2019 | $550 million | Shui On Development (Holding) Ltd |
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Jurisdiction – Japan
Firm | Deal | Value | Client | Lawyer(s) involved |
Jones Day | Synaptics’ agreement to purchase Renesas SP Drivers’ entire equity | 61 billion yen ($598 million) |
| Micheal Reagan, Khoa Do, Stephen DeCosse, Joseph Melnik, Craig Waldman, Peggy Ward, Teresa Maloney, Wendy Davis, Lewis Grimm, Stuart Ogg, Michiru Takahashi (Partners)
David Sikes, Masayuki Horiike, An Doan, Benjamin Carson, Christina Bennett, Chia-heng Seeto, Tonny Lee, Jamie Burnett, Patrick Perkins, Julia Weissman, Evan Palenschat, Naho Kaneko, Naoko Tokumoto (Associates)
Yuning Chen (Staff Attorney) |
Mayer Brown JSM | Marubeni Corp’s indirect acquisition of a 20 percent stake in a Cambodia-based power generation and transmission business owned and operated by Malaysia’s Leader Group | Undisclosed | Marubeni Corp | Nathan Dodd (Partner)
Ben Thompson (Consultant)
Andrew Pannell (Senior associate) |
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu | Synaptics’ agreement to purchase Renesas SP Drivers’ entire equity | 61 billion yen ($598 million) | Renesas SP Drivers Inc |
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | Synaptics’ agreement to purchase Renesas SP Drivers’ entire equity | 61 billion yen ($598 million) | Wells Fargo & Co |
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